Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Bio & Nano Technology industry.

Amount of money raised in Bio & Nano Technology funding rounds is $9.5B, which is 16.8% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is France which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Switzerland and Denmark. The most common city is Paris which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from London, Zürich and Zug. VCs in the sample usually invest in France and The United States. They also invest in The United Kingdom and Spain. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
  • Industry Focus - The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2017. In 2009 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12, 2 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 82.4 while median is 41.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 36.0 while median is 24.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 21.11 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.33 and the median is -3.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 5 - 6 or 6 - 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 - 5 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 500 million - 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.22 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.